US Patent Issued to Crea IP on Sept. 1 for "Cannula tip protector" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,974, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Crea IP B.V. (Vierpolders, Netherlands).

"Cannula tip protector" was invented by Adriaantje Coliene Dam-Huisman (Delfgauw, Netherlands) and Joep Hiemstra (Schiedam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a cannula tip protector assembly for a Luer type syringe having a Luer connector with a syringe needle having a first diameter, and a needle tip having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the needle tip attached in fluid communication to the syringe needle at an end of the syringe needle opposite the Luer connector, a protection sleeve slidably positioned o...